House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Expanding Broadcast Ownership Opportunities Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. G. K. Butterfield D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2019
- Committee actionSep 9, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 2020 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3957.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,657 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3957, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3957
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
35 cosponsors — 35 Democrats
0 of 35 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Val Demings (D-FL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ben Luján (D-NM), A. McEachin (D-VA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Darren Soto (D-FL) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.